Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda
From Africa Daily by BBC World Service
October 23, 2025 · 32 min
About this episode
The episode discusses a BBC investigation into stolen social media identities used for propaganda, a controversial constitutional amendment in Chad, and the Kenyan Catholic Church's new altar wine.
A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation. Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a controversial constitutional amendment removing presidential term limits. What will this mean for 41-year-old President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power? And why the Kenyan Catholic Church took the decision to introduce a new brand of altar wine. Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Elphas Lagat Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
People in this episode
Host: Nyasha Michelle
Topics covered
- social media identities
- political propaganda
- constitutional amendment
- presidential term limits
- Kenyan Catholic Church
- altar wine
Keywords
- social media
- propaganda
- Chad
- constitutional amendment
- Kenyan Catholic Church
- altar wine
- Mahamat Idriss Deby
- Somali influencers
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC, Kenyan Catholic Church
Places: Chad, Somali, Kenya
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